Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple’s WWDC26 artwork has already given us our first look at the new Siri design coming as part of iOS 27. Apple’s voice assistant is finally getting the makeover it deserves in iOS 27, with a ton of new features and a new look.
Gurman says the new Siri design includes visual elements that resemble the glow effect seen on the WWDC26 poster. It’s reportedly most striking when the iPhone is used in dark mode, which is why the WWDC art used a black background.
Although the designs could change in June, this appears to be the approach Apple is taking. Gurman says the new Siri emerges from the dynamic island of the iPhone screen when invoked.
The expanded pill glows in a way that resembles the WWDC artwork. The text field search bar in the new standalone Siri app apparently also gets this visual treatment.
This is how Gurman describes it:
Siri’s new look is what Apple highlights in its teaser. The design currently being tested within the company includes a Siri interface that sits within Dynamic Island, the pill-shaped element near the top of the screen. When Siri is activated, the island expands with a message that says “Search or ask,” accompanied by a glowing cursor. It looks similar to how the “26” is highlighted in the conference logo.
In addition to the static art, glow effects were also shown in the video posted by Apple VP Greg Joswiak when the date of this year’s WWDC was announced:
This would be the second time Apple has redesigned Siri in the LLM era, with the first incarnation of Apple Intelligence centered around a rainbow lighting effect around the edge of the screen. This design first shipped in iOS 18. However, since the features planned for that version of Siri did not ship on time, Apple appears to have gone back to the drawing board.
The new Siri in iOS 27 will bring the experience more in line with other modern AI chatbots. Users will have to maintain a continuous back-and-forth conversation, make multiple requests in a single utterance, and deliver the previously promised integration of personal context and on-screen knowledge. Siri’s brain will be based on new basic models using Google Gemini technology.
There will also be a separate Siri app where users can find their previous conversations. Separate search interfaces in Siri and Spotlight are also expected to be unified.
The new Siri is expected to be the biggest new feature in iOS 27, which Apple will unveil at its annual WWDC conference in June. The keynote for this year’s event will take place on June 8.
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